Hosts on The View regularly have difficult conversations, to the point that one of the show’s daily segments is called “Hot Topics.”
And while they often end up agreeing to disagree, it seems like one media personality ruffled some feathers after turning down a co-hosting gig on the ABC talk show.
Comedian Kathy Griffin revealed in a YouTube video posted on June 17 that, after co-hosting the show almost 30 times, she was offered a permanent position on the program but ultimately turned it down to Barbara Walters’ chagrin.
Griffin, who was based in Los Angeles at the time, shared that she would fly back and forth to New York to film the talk show before eventually receiving an offer for $1.4 million.
“I am just going to be honest, I had to turn it down because at the time, between doing My Life on the D-List and touring, I was making about 10 [million dollars] a year,” Griffin said.
She noted that she tried to negotiate with The View, as the amount offered wasn’t enough to uproot her life to another coast, especially as she was taking care of her elderly parents.
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Griffin said she told Walters, “I'm going to be honest, this is how much money I made last year. I will show you my tax returns. I don't want you to think I'm blowing smoke, but between moving costs and I'm so entwined with my mom and dad. I have a house in Los Angeles, and it just isn't feasible for me to do, but I want you to hear it directly from me.”
Walters “did not like that one bit,” Griffin shared, but ultimately, “She didn't care. They didn't up their offer by a penny, I think I might have said something like, ‘Can you meet me halfway? And they didn't.’ But there's the real story.”
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